German hunting association positions itself in relation to the wolf
May 11, 2022 (DJV) Berlin
In a current position paper, the German Hunting Association (DJV) calls for the wolf to be included in the Federal Hunting Act in good time in order to develop uniform national regulations for the future handling of the wolf. General hunting is therefore not possible, as the large carnivore is still strictly protected by the Habitats Directive.
In Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Saxony-Anhalt, the wolf has rapidly opened up new habitats. The wolf is part of the native fauna. Germany has an international obligation to protect it (including the Habitats Directive, Annexes II and IV).
According to the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, the wolf population in the monitoring year 2020/21 (1 May – 30 April) consisted of 157 packs, 27 pairs and 19 territorial individuals. According to these data, most packs live in Brandenburg (49), followed by Lower Saxony (35) and Saxony (29) (BfN 2021). The population has been increasing exponentially for years. Annual growth is around 30 percent, with large regional differences (Reinhardt et al. 2021). There are an average of eight animals per wolf pack throughout Europe. According to DJV estimates, there are a total of around 2,000 wolves living in Germany in the early summer of 2022. In addition to the monitoring standards, the DJV advocates the development of scientifically substantiated population models to realistically and quickly represent the number of wolves living in Germany.
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